On a Friday evening in late August, my husband and I stumbled upon a sandwich board on Hardwick’s Main Street that promised “Chocolate Upstairs.” We did what any chocolate lovers would do: We opened ...

You may think you know all there is about chocolate, but cacao beans are only part of the story. With a rich history, cacao has been used as currency, for medicinal remedies, during spiritual rituals, ...

After almost six years, thousands of meals, and enough accolades to cause any normal person’s head to swell larger than Ohio, there’s only one problem with Edgar Leal’s Cacao. You want to eat ...

Chocolate is usually the go-to present for Valentine’s Day. The sweet and smooth treat is ubiquitous with decadence and intimacy. Marketers made chocolate a Valentine’s Day staple through strategic ...

Cargill has entered into a partnership with Kokomodo, an Israeli food-tech company that produces functional cacao ingredients through cellular agriculture.

Drinking cacao changed Matthew Jonas’ life! So much so, he created Good Karma Chocolate with food scientist David Foerstner. Good Karma Chocolate offers bean-to-bar chocolate, drinking cacao, cacao ...

For a long time, there has been no commonly agreed way of assessing and communicating the quality of cacao, the seed from which stems cocoa and chocolate. Now, however, a new initiative has been ...

Whole-food synergy in every scoop – The formula pairs organic cacao powder with premium Arabica instant coffee, vibrant matcha green-tea powder and creamy organic MCT-oil for a smooth, barista-quality ...

Chocolate is a staple in any Easter basket, but don’t fall for the rhetoric that the fancy-pants high cocoa (cacao!) stuff is a lot healthier. Are you a chocolate connoisseur who won’t touch a cocoa ...